Psalm 14:7 ESV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 14:7

Psalms 14:7. O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion These words, considered in connection with the context, do not appear to be intended of any mere temporal salvation of Israel, whether from the rebellion of Absalom, or any other calamity brought upon them as a punishment of their sins. They rather seem directly and immediately to refer to the deliverance of that people from those corrupt principles and practices which the psalmist describes and laments in the preceding part... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 14:1-7

Psalms 14-17 Godly people in ungodly societyContinuing the theme of Psalms 10-13 (concerning the godly person who is downtrodden), the psalmist notes what happens when people refuse to acknowledge God and live as if he does not care about their actions. The result is a corrupt society (14:1-3). Because they have rejected God they have rejected the true standard by which to judge good and evil. They live solely for themselves, with no consideration for others and no thought for God (4). But in... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 14:7

Oh . . ! Figure of speech Epiphonema. App-6 . Zion. See App-68 . bringeth back the captivity. Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). See note on Deuteronomy 30:3 . Jacob . . . Israel. On these names, see notes on Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:6 ; Genesis 45:26 , Genesis 45:28 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 14:7

"Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of the people.Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad."One of the best comments on this we have seen is that of Addis:Here is the Messianic hope. The Psalmist anticipates a time when Yahweh will "bring back the captivity" of His people. This expression need mean no more than a radical change for the better in the state of the people. "Restore the fortune" would be an adequate... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 14:7

7. captivity—denotes any great evil. Zion—God's abode, from which He revealed His purposes of mercy, as He now does by the Church (compare Psalms 3:4; Psalms 20:2), and which He rules and in which He does all other things for the good of His people (Ephesians 1:22). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 14:1-7

Psalms 14This reflective psalm and Psalms 53 are almost identical. The commentators take differing views concerning the genre since elements of individual lament, wisdom, prophetic, communal lament, and philosophical psalms are all present in this one. Merrill called it a psalm of exhortation. [Note: Merrill, "Psalms," p. 414.] The failures of human beings that he experienced, and the knowledge that God will judge folly and corruption, led David to long for the establishment of God’s kingdom on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 14:7

3. David’s longing for God’s kingdom 14:7In the context, the enemy of God’s people is all the ungodly of the world from the beginning of history. David longed for God to save His people from these wicked antagonists. Zion was the place where the ark of the covenant and the Lord resided. David spoke of God Himself delivering His people from all their godless enemies. When David wrote, the godly were captive to the wicked in the sense that the wicked were devouring them (Psalms 14:4).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 14:1-7

This Ps., like Psalms 12, gives a picture of a corrupt state of society in which God is ignored, and His people are oppressed. David’s authorship is not absolutely disproved by Psalms 14:7, which some have regarded as a later addition, and where, in any case, ’bring back the captivity’ may only mean ’restore the fortunes.’ Though God is denied (Psalms 14:1), He really sees (Psalms 14:2), speaks (Psalms 14:3), and acts (Psalms 14:4). The Ps. reappears with some variations as Psalms 53. Psalms... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 14:7

(7) Oh that.—The thoughts of the exiles turn to the Holy City as the one source of deliverance, as if Jehovah’s power would only manifest itself from His hallowed abode. So Daniel looked towards Jerusalem in his prayer. (Comp. the same feeling in Isaiah 40:9-10.) For the expression “turn the captivity,” or, to keep the Heb. idiom, “turn the turning,” comp. Psalms 85:1; Psalms 126:1; Hosea 6:2; Joel 3:1. It appears, however, besides its literal reference to the exile, to have been applied... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 14:1-7

The Unbelief of the Fool Psalms 14:1 I. The fool of the Scripture is a man who has fallen away, little by little, degree by degree, until he is a degraded man. A fool is a vile man, morally degenerate. Here then is the full force of my text the man who says with an air of laughing and self-satisfied triumph 'There is no God,' is a vile man; at his heart there is moral rottenness; he is a fool! Why does the vile man say 'there is no God'? Because that is what the vile man wished to believe.... read more